Louisiana § RS 4:163.1 - Parish license fees for conducting race meetings
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§ RS 4:163.1. Parish license fees for conducting race meetings
A. In Orleans Parish, the parish governing authority is hereby authorized to impose a license fee on the total daily betting pools of not more than two and twenty-six hundredths percent on each person, association, or corporation conducting a race meeting within the parish.
B.(1) In Jefferson Parish, the parish governing authority is hereby authorized to impose a license fee on the total daily betting pools of not more than two and ninety-seven hundredths percent on each person, association, or corporation conducting a race meeting within the parish. Provided, however, that the license fees on daily betting pools authorized under the provisions of this Paragraph shall not exceed the total amount that would have been due the state of Louisiana, on any given day, under applicable provisions of this Chapter.
(2) The avails of the license fee collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be allocated by the parish governing body as follows:
(a) Parish of Jefferson 39.9 %
(b) City of Kenner 47.2 %
(c) City of Grand Isle 0.9 %
(d) City of Gretna 3.7%
(e) City of Harahan 3.7 %
(f) City of Jean Lafitte 0.9 %
(g) City of Westwego 3.7 %
C.(1) In Calcasieu Parish, the parish governing authority is hereby authorized to impose a license fee on the total daily betting pools of not more than twenty-one hundredths percent on each person, association, or corporation conducting a race meeting within the parish.
(2) The avails of the license fee collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be allocated by the parish governing body as follows:
(a) Parish of Calcasieu 64.5 %
(b) Town of Vinton 25.5 %
(c) Town of DeQuincy 10.0 %
D.(1) In Bossier Parish, the parish governing authority is hereby authorized to impose a license fee on the total daily betting pools of not more than one and seventy-four hundredths percent on each person, association, or corporation conducting a race meeting within the parish.
(2) The avails of the license fee collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be allocated by the parish governing body as follows:
(a) Parish of Bossier 40.1 %
(b) City of Bossier 49.4 %
(c) Bossier Parish School Board 9.2 %
(d) The Arc of Caddo - Bossier 1.3 %
E.(1) In Lafayette Parish, the parish governing authority is hereby authorized to impose a license fee on the total daily betting pools of not more than thirty-two hundredths percent on each person, association, or corporation conducting a race meeting within the parish.
(2) The avails of the license fee collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be allocated by the parish governing body as follows:
(a) Parish of Lafayette 33.3 %
(b) Town of Carencro 66.7 %
F.(1) Notwithstanding the above provisions, the effective date for imposing the local license fee shall be July first of any year; however, no local license fee may be imposed prior to July 1, 1991. The parish governing authority shall impose said fee by ordinance introduced no later than April first of the year in which the license fee is to take effect.
(2) Upon imposition of the local licensing fee, the parish governing authority which levies the fee and any other local entity receiving a share of the proceeds provided in this Section shall be ineligible to receive state general fund horse racetrack support.
Acts 1990, No. 1090, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 606, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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